Amidst a single day rise of 3,688 new coronavirus infections taking the active cases to 18,684, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday said that over 60 per cent of youngsters between the 12-14 age group have received the 1st dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Mandaviya tweeted, "Over 60 per cent of youngsters between the 12-14 age group have received the 1st dose of #COVID19 vaccine. Congratulations to all my young friends who got vaccinated. We all are proud of you! Let's continue this momentum!"Officials from the Ministry said that steps are being taken to accelerate the vaccination rate further against the backdrop of uptick in daily coronavirus caseload across the States. The country also recorded 50 deaths, taking the toll to 5,23,803. There are 18,684 active cases in India, which comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, according to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Coronavirus cases in Delhi continue to rise with the national capital recording 1,607 fresh infections on Friday, up from the previous day (1,490). Meanwhile, the city also saw two COVID-related deaths and 1,246 recoveries in the last 24 hours. With this, the positivity rate in the capital now stands at 5.28 per cent.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra recorded 148 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, a bulk of them in Mumbai, while two more patients succumbed to the infection in the state. With this, Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 78,77,577, while the death toll increased to 1,47,842.
Overall, there has been an increase of 883 active cases in the last 24 hours, while 2,755 patients were discharged on Friday. A total of 188.89 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under the nationwide vaccination drive while overall a total of 2,755 recoveries have been recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the count to 4,25,33,377. The daily positivity rate is at 0.74 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is at 0.66 per cent.
A total of 83.74 crore tests have been conducted so far, with 4,96,640 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.